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On resolution requirements for selfgravitating protoplanetary discs – a comparison of grid and SPH codes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2010

A. J. Gawryszczak
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
L. Mayer
Affiliation:
ETH Zürich, Switzerland University of Zürich, Switzerland
A. Boley
Affiliation:
University of Zürich, Switzerland
E. Tasker
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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Abstract

The resolution criterion for self-gravity in AMR codes derived by Truelove et al.  (1997) based on the Jeans length is a very robust one and thus quite popular. We believe that for some configurations, such as self-gravitating discs, there are reasons to supplement it in order to properly resolve gravitational instabilities and clump formation processes at reasonable computational costs.

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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2010

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